xrcjdx
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about a month in a half ago i had an exciting dive at verde island. after being pushed down to about 42 meters during descent before bringing that under control, the dive continued normally until the safety stop, by this time blown well off the reef into the blue. after a short time at 5 m was blown down to about 10 m (guess) before regaining the 5 m mark. shortly thereafter was pushed up nearly to the surface. descended again to 5 m and because the computer was treating this as a blown safety stop there was no further countdown. manually timed a 5+ minute stop at a relatively level 5 m before surfacing. post dive was normal, with no ill effects. same for buddy, who had nearly the same profile but maintained control at the safety stop somewhat better than i did.
question: once the safety stop is blown as this one was, does it do a body any good to descend to safety depth and resume/restart a stop? my instinct is once the cap is off the bottle any benefit from regaining depth is marginal at best, but i don't recall seeing this issue discussed before, even though i assume it is a relatively common experience. please forgive me if i didn't search hard enough for an answer before posting.
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question: once the safety stop is blown as this one was, does it do a body any good to descend to safety depth and resume/restart a stop? my instinct is once the cap is off the bottle any benefit from regaining depth is marginal at best, but i don't recall seeing this issue discussed before, even though i assume it is a relatively common experience. please forgive me if i didn't search hard enough for an answer before posting.
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